Ruaraidh Dobson

@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social hi miatta, have you received my email of two weeks ago? I haven't had a reply and I couldn't reach anyone on your office phone

motivated reasoning? who is that?

the problem with this can be summed up as “what happened in 2017, idiots?” maybe it’s not that people just aren’t smart enough to understand centrism, maybe they hate it because it’s useless

Expanding Air Pollution Monitoring in Nepal An OpenAQ Community Impact Story by Matt Lane

Nepal is taking big strides toward clean air thanks to the leadership of Green Decision Labs & Research and Clean Energy Nepal, whose groundbreaking work is supported by EPIC's Air Quality Fund.
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What you idiot commies don’t understand is that if we tax rich people they will JUST LEAVE, depriving our nation of tax cheats, political bribery, and national acts of perversion

OpenAQ is pleased to welcome @ruaraidh.bsky.social to our Advisory Board, a group of experts that provides strategic advice and advocates for OpenAQ in their respective fields and communities. Welcome, Ruaraidh!

loving Kai Winn’s latest pivot

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...

Interesting… link.springer.com/article/10.1...

this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself

it is also free to read

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Our 2025 Community Survey is now open! Got a suggestion, comment, feedback, or testimonial about our platform? This is the perfect place for it:

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#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

TUC calls for government to repeal proscription of Palestine Action The motion passed unanimously

The TUC has called for the government to repeal the proscription of Palestine Action

A picture of the QE2 centre in the sun, with a green field in the foreground

Prof Mike Tipton introducing the conference, standing at a podium in front of a presentation slide with the words welcome to the global climate and health summit 2025

I’m in London for the next few days at the @physoc.bsky.social Climate & Health Summit.

I’m looking forward to presenting in the air pollution strand on “Aligning the health equity and environmental co-benefits of retrofitting UK homes”.

Here at the Clean Air Forum in Nairobi to hear how we can improve access to air quality data - come say hi! #cleanair #airquality

At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.

Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.

This is a dark day for our democracy.

Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.

We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸

We are all Palestine Action.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this EHRC statement is the first big mistake of the very well funded group waging war against trans people.

Competition overview - Contracts for Innovation: Clean Air, Phase 3 - Innovation Funding Service

@innovateuk.bsky.social are funding emerging technological solutions in the clean air domain focused on monitoring, mitigating, or extracting air pollution.

Deadline: 25th June

@ukcleanair.bsky.social

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Solidarity with trans women after today’s Supreme Court ruling.

The rollback of LGBT rights — especially trans rights — is global, bankrolled by billionaires and the far-right.

Trans rights are human rights. We must defend the Equality Act and its protections for trans people.

A google AI overview: No, Goofy, the Disney character, was not present at the crucifixion of Jesus, as the crucifixion was a historical event that occurred in the first century AD, while Goofy is a fictional character created much later. Here's why: Historical Context: The crucifixion of Jesus is a central event in Christian history, believed to have taken place around 30 AD. Goofy's Creation: Goofy, a character in Disney's animated films, was created much later, in the 1930s.

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Protecting London’s Children from Air Pollution | Mayor of London YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

ULEZ is working—saving lives and protecting children from deadly air pollution. This is why it matters.

Listen to Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE from The Ella Roberta Foundation, as she shares her powerful story about the impact of toxic air and why clean air policies are so important.

London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found. Levels…

London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.

This is a tragic loss. Monitoring air quality at U.S. embassies and consulates supports the health not only of the staff at those embassies, but the health of the neighboring communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

This is such a waste - the programme was principally aimed at embassy staff and other US citizens anyway! A huge loss for advocates and researchers.

The Case for Action on Tropospheric Ozone Tropospheric ozone is a greenhouse gas and super pollutant causing global warming, harms health and damages crops. Policymakers must act now.

Tropospheric ozone is one of the super pollutants driving 45% of global warming 🤯🌎

Mitigating it could deliver cleaner air, reduce premature deaths and save billions in economic costs. Yet dedicated action to do so is absent from the climate policy agenda.

Learn more ⬇️ #AirPollution
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Two cats on a chair, Ragu (left) sitting back and Mousse (right) stretching out her paw

Ragu looking beautiful

Mousse and Ragu, the perfect angels.

White US neighborhoods have more EPA air quality monitors, study finds Disproportionate placement of devices leaves communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants

According to new research, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) #AirQuality monitors are disproportionately positioned in whiter neighborhoods, leaving communities of colour less protected from dangerous pollutants.

Learn more @theguardian.com 🔽 #AirPollution
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